Qwen2-7B TPS calculator

Open weights Alibaba 7B parameters June 2024

Each card below is assessed against this model at the context length and minimum quality you choose. Speed is an estimate for a single request, calculated from the card's memory bandwidth and the size of the model once compressed.

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589 cards that can run it

818 cards we hold specifications for

Smallest card that fits

Tesla K20c

5 GB · Q3_K_M · 28.9 tok/s

Fastest card

B200

484 tok/s · 180 GB

Which GPUs can run Qwen2-7B?

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Context length tokens

A longer conversation needs more memory, which can push this model off smaller cards.

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589 cards match

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					Needs	Quantisation	Fit
484 tok/s 411–581	B200 NVIDIA	180 GB	8,000 GB/s	Jan 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
484 tok/s 411–581	B300 NVIDIA	288 GB	8,000 GB/s	Sep 2025	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
387 tok/s 232–618 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI350X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
387 tok/s 232–618 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI355X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
309 tok/s 185–495 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300 AMD	128 GB	6,550 GB/s	Jan 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
296 tok/s 251–355	H200 NVL NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
296 tok/s 251–355	H200 SXM 141 GB NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
283 tok/s 170–453 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI325X AMD	256 GB	6,000 GB/s	Oct 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
251 tok/s 151–402 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300A AMD	128 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
251 tok/s 151–402 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
251 tok/s 151–402 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI308X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
238 tok/s 203–286	H100 NVL 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,940 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 PCIe 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 SXM5 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Oct 2022	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 SXM5 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 SXM5 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H800 SXM5 NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
155 tok/s 93–248 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250 AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
155 tok/s 93–248 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250X AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
131 tok/s 111–157	CMP 170HX 8 GB NVIDIA	8 GB	1,490 GB/s	Sep 2021	6.6 GB	Q6_K	Tight
129 tok/s 77–206 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max 1550 Intel	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Jan 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
126 tok/s 76–202 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max Subsystem Intel	128 GB	3,210 GB/s	Jan 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
123 tok/s 105–148	A100 SXM4 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Nov 2020	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
123 tok/s 105–148	A100X NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Jun 2021	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
123 tok/s 105–148	A800 SXM4 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Aug 2022	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable

Speeds are estimates for a single request — one conversation at a time — calculated from memory bandwidth, model size and quantisation. Real throughput varies with the inference runtime and its version. Figures published by hardware vendors measure many simultaneous requests and are much higher.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation: Alibaba
Organisation type: Industry
Country: China
Published: 7 June 2024
Authors: An Yang, Baosong Yang, Binyuan Hui, Bo Zheng, Bowen Yu, Chang Zhou, Chengpeng Li, Chengyuan Li, Dayiheng Liu, Fei Huang, Guanting Dong, Haoran Wei, Huan Lin, Jialong Tang, Jialin Wang, Jian Yang, Jianhong Tu, Jianwei Zhang, Jianxin Ma, Jianxin Yang, Jin Xu, Jingren Zhou, Jinze Bai, Jinzheng He, Junyang Lin, Kai Dang, Keming Lu, Keqin Chen, Kexin Yang, Mei Li, Mingfeng Xue, Na Ni, Pei Zhang, Peng W…

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain: Language
Task: Chat, Language modeling/generation, Question answering
Approach: Self-supervised learning

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters: 7B
Training data: 7,000,000,000,000 tokens

Training compute

The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.

Training compute: 2.9 × 10²³ FLOP
How it was established: Operation counting

The training run

What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.

Data centre: There is no paper to reference, no information about hardware used for training found in media.

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights: Open — downloadable
Model access: Open weights (unrestricted)
Training code: Unreleased
Hugging Face: Qwen

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Likely above 10²³ FLOP: Yes
Record confidence: Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference: Hello Qwen2
Last updated: 28 November 2025

The extremes

The ten fastest GPUs that run Qwen2-7B

Ranked by estimated tokens per second, newest card first where speeds tie. Because generation is bound by memory bandwidth, this ordering follows bandwidth rather than any gaming benchmark.

The smallest GPUs that still run Qwen2-7B

The cheapest route in, by memory capacity. A tight fit runs the model but leaves nothing spare for a longer conversation.

What the numbers mean

What it takes to run this model

Minimum card

Tesla K20c

Memory needed

4.1 GB

Fastest

484 tok/s

Qwen2-7B is small enough at 7B parameters that hardware is rarely the obstacle — 589 of the cards we track can run it, including cards several years old.

The smallest card that holds it is the Tesla K20c with 5 GB, running it at Q3_K_M and producing around 28.9 tokens per second.

At the other end, a B200 generates roughly 484 tokens per second on it, on the strength of 8,000 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Background

Qwen2-7B was published by Alibaba, in China, in June 2024. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing chat, Language modeling/generation, Question answering.

Because its weights were released, nothing about running it depends on a provider staying available — it is yours once downloaded. It is published under the Qwen organisation on Hugging Face.

Reading the throughput figures

Across every card that can run it, the middle of the range is about 26.1 tokens per second, and 559 of them clear the ten tokens per second that roughly matches reading speed.

Being dense, it reads all of itself per token, which is why the ordering by speed below follows the ordering by memory bandwidth so closely.

Its attention layout is on file, so the memory figures are computed exactly rather than approximated.

How it was trained

The training run consumed about 2.9 × 10²³ FLOP. That figure describes the cost of creating it and has no bearing on how quickly it generates text.

Around 7,000,000,000,000 tokens went into training it.

Step by step

How to choose a GPU for Qwen2-7B

The table above has already assessed every card we hold specifications for against this model. Getting to your answer takes six steps.

01

Start from the memory column

Every card here has been checked against Qwen2-7B — around 4.1 GB at Q3_K_M. Capacity is the gate — a card either holds it or it does not.
02

Match the context to your actual use

The conversation occupies memory too, and grows as it goes. Set the slider to the length you expect: at long context Qwen2-7B can slip off a card that handles short questions easily.
03

Choose how far you will compress it

Compression is what makes Qwen2-7B fit smaller cards, at some cost in accuracy — Q3_K_M on the smallest card that fits. A minimum quality removes the ones that go too far.
04

Sort by speed

Ranking by tokens per second for Qwen2-7B follows memory bandwidth, not core counts, which is why the B200 tops it at 484 tok/s.
05

Look at the headroom, not just the fit

The fit column separates cards that just manage Qwen2-7B from those with room to spare. Buy for the second if the context might grow.
06

Open the card you have settled on

Each card page repeats this sweep for every model we hold. It answers what else the hardware is good for, beyond Qwen2-7B.

Answers

Qwen2-7B — common questions

Can I run Qwen2-7B on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 with 24 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 8.2 GB and generating roughly 81.1 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Is Qwen2-7B open source?

Its weights are published, so Qwen2-7B can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. Note that open weights is not the same as open source in the full sense — it says nothing about the training data, the training code, or the commercial terms attached.

How many parameters does Qwen2-7B have?

Qwen2-7B has 7B parameters. 7B parameters (table 1). That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

Who created Qwen2-7B?

Qwen2-7B was published by Alibaba, based in China, categorised as industry.

When was Qwen2-7B released?

Qwen2-7B was published in June 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

What is Qwen2-7B used for?

Qwen2-7B works in Language, and is recorded as handling chat, Language modeling/generation, Question answering. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

Where can I download Qwen2-7B?

Its weights are published under the Qwen organisation on Hugging Face. We do not host model files — this site calculates what hardware is needed to run them.

How much compute was used to train Qwen2-7B?

Around 2.9 × 10²³ FLOP. That measures what producing the model cost and says nothing about how quickly it answers once trained — inference speed comes from memory bandwidth, not from the training budget.

Can I run Qwen2-7B if it does not fit in my GPU?

Partly. Layers that do not fit sit in system memory and run at a fraction of the speed, so a mostly-offloaded Qwen2-7B is rarely worth using — the nearest miss we calculate is short by 1.3 GB. Every figure here assumes the whole model is on the card.

Would two GPUs run Qwen2-7B faster?

Two cards buy memory rather than speed. That matters for Qwen2-7B only if one card cannot hold it — 589 can, so a second adds little.

Why does the quantisation differ between cards for Qwen2-7B?

A larger card holds a more accurate copy. Across the cards that run Qwen2-7B, 4 compression levels are used; the floor control above pins it to one.

How accurate are these Qwen2-7B speed estimates?

They are calculated from specifications rather than measured, and each carries a range — 411–581 tok/s on the B200, for instance. The same model and card vary by thirty to fifty per cent depending on the inference software and its version.

What GPU do I need to run Qwen2-7B?

The smallest card in our catalogue that holds Qwen2-7B is the Tesla K20c, with 5 GB of memory. It runs the model at Q3_K_M using about 4.1 GB, and produces roughly 28.9 tokens per second. 589 cards in total can run it.

How fast is Qwen2-7B on a GPU?

It depends on the card. The quickest we calculate is a B200 at about 484 tokens per second; the slowest that still runs it manages considerably less. Reading speed is around ten tokens per second, and 559 of the cards that can run Qwen2-7B clear that.

How much VRAM does Qwen2-7B need?

About 4.1 GB at Q3_K_M compression, which is what the smallest card that runs it uses. Less compression needs more: the figures in the memory column above are recalculated for each card, because each one holds the least-compressed version it can.

Can I run Qwen2-7B on a 8 GB GPU?

Yes. A CMP 170HX 8 GB with 8 GB runs it at Q6_K, using about 6.6 GB and generating roughly 131 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run Qwen2-7B on a 12 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 12 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 8.2 GB and generating roughly 55.2 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Can I run Qwen2-7B on a 16 GB GPU?

Yes. A Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB with 16 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 8.2 GB and generating roughly 68.4 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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